Lyme Disease

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is a disease that affects dogs.  The American dog tick transmits the rickettsial bacteria to dogs.  The disease typically occurse in purebred dogs and dogs less than three years old.

Symtpoms: Symptoms include fever, chills, headache, abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, hemorrhaging (excessive bleeding) of the mucus membrane, and neurologic symptoms.

Treatment: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is usually treated with tetracycline or doxycycline, although chloramphenicol or enroflaxin may also be used.

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Humans

CDC on Pets and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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